The Metro: Tonya Mosley can’t stop talking about Detroit
The Metro, David Leins January 28, 2025Detroit native and co-host of Fresh Air, Tonya Mosley, joined “The Metro” to discuss her career in public media and her love of Detroit.

Tonya Mosley joins "The Metro" live on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
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Being from Detroit means a lot of things to a lot of different people — toughness, creativity, resilience. But there are also decades-old stereotypes about Detroit and its people — ones that cast Detroit in a shadow of crime and poverty.
Still, there’s one thing people know to be true about native Detroiters: They’re proud to be from this city.
For Detroit native Tonya Mosley, being from Detroit has created a strong foundation for her career to thrive on. The Emmy award-winning journalist and co-host of Fresh Air joined The Metro on Tuesday to discuss her career in public media and love for her hometown.
Hear more from The Metro on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
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David Leins is the senior producer of WDET’s daily news and culture program, The Metro. He has produced several award-winning podcasts and multimedia series at WDET including Tracked and Traced, Science of Grief and COVID Diaries, which earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation. He previously led WDET’s StoryMakers program. David has an M.A. in Media Arts and Studies from Wayne State University, and a B.A. in anthropology from Grand Valley State University with a minor in Arabic. David teaches podcasting at Wayne State University and is an alumnus of the Transom Audio Storytelling Workshop.